The first edition of the International Olympiad of Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) for secondary school students took place in Burgas (Bulgaria) from 9 to 15 August this year. It was founded by Bulgarian LERAI Foundation of researchers and practitioners and was supervised by the International Scientific Committee of leading AI specialists from various universities. Its partners…
After years of preparation and over 5 years from the start of construction works the new premises of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw finally opened for the audience, accelerating the cultural heartbeat of the capital. The new building is situated in the heart of the city center on Defilad Square along the western…
The Warsaw Uprising Mound in the capital’s Czerniaków was created from the rubble of Warsaw after its annihilation during World War II. From the late 40s to the mid 60s it was gradually becoming an artificial hill and afterwards overgrown with vegetation. Today the hill commemorating one of the most important events of international significance…
The latest film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Drive my Car”) is a story of Takumi and his daughter Hana, who live in a village surrounded by the stunning wild nature. Takumi provides wood and water to his neighbors and collects wild wasabi for a local restaurant. Their quiet and peaceful life changes when a company from…
The Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków is offering free admission to key permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as museum lessons in November. The audience can see, among others, The Representative Royal Chambers with the “Long live the king! Coronations of the Saxon Wettins at Wawel” exposition, Ottoman Turkish Tents, Castle Underground, Wawel Recovered and…
As the glorious summer weather seemed likely to continue, I decided to go on a final cycling adventure of the year. The Polish countryside can be beautiful in the summer sun, and as the leaves were changing colour, I thought it would be great to spend time outdoors before the long grey winter sets in….
The new immersive exhibition at Farbyka Norblina in Warsaw takes viewers on a multisensory trip through Salvador Dalí’s eccentric, pioneering mind, focusing on the artist’s scientific approach and his fascination with theory of relativity and the fourth dimension. His works, full of dreamlike landscapes and surprising, enigmatic elements, where time and space are formidably deformed,…
The Museum of Dollhouses, Games and Toys presents a permanent exhibition with, among others, over 150 fully furnished classic dollhouses, as well as miniature shops, schools, hospitals, hair salons and other service facilities. Presented exhibits come from all over the world and the oldest are over 200 years old. For decades these classic toys, with…
The Museum of Life Under Communism in Warsaw offers a real treat for those who wish to go back in time and experience the every-day reality of the 1944 – 1989 communist era in Poland. Presented artifacts bring back bittersweet memories for older generations. For those, who were lucky enough not to live through it,…
An epic science fiction drama, set in contemporary America is the vision Francis Ford Coppola was working on for almost 40 years. Director’s magnum opus poses a question – what would happen if the civilization of ancient Rome with its ideas and pre-Christian value system had never ended? How would such a world, operating with…
The newly opened ArtIntell exhibition at Hala Koszyki in Warsaw is an experimental space presenting various types of generative and regenerative art, including VR, AR, 3D printing and art installations. “ArtIntell’s” mission is to show that artificial intelligence is another tool that expands the perception of art by both its creators and recipients. AI becomes…
The new immersive exhibition at Farbyka Norblina in Warsaw takes viewers on a multisensory trip through Salvador Dalí’s eccentric, pioneering mind, focusing on the artist’s scientific approach and his fascination with theory of relativity and the fourth dimension. His works, full of dreamlike landscapes and surprising, enigmatic elements, where time and space are formidably deformed,…
